Re: Tuner for Windows XP Media Center 2005

Actually, the Hauppauge 150MCE is a card that is sort of a standard in many
MCE systems and most people have no trouble with it. Sounds like you need to
either follows the other advice and check to see if you have the correct
drivers or you may just have a bad card.
--
James
Orlando (Goofy says "Hey!"), Florida

"ItsColdOutside" <ItsColdOutside@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:11A9D8C1-9312-4583-9E43-06AB12A532AE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Lovely that at least someone didn't have a problem with a Hauppauge card,
> I'm
> still waiting for their tech support to "hopefully" pull through, I can't
> get
> my PVR-150 to be detected by MCE 2005 at all, works wonderfully if I use
> the
> Hauppauge software, but MCE just tells me no Tuner is installed. Quite
> annoying, as the second PC I have upstairs is identical, with the
> exception
> that it has an ATI TV Wonder Elite in it, which took next to no set up at
> all.
> I can even put the ATI in this one and it goes without a hitch, but the
> PVR-150 just won't recognize.
>
> "BroncosMom" wrote:
>
>> I just purchased a Dell Dimension 8400 Series, Intel Pentium 4 (3.2ghz)
>> with
>> ht, 1gb ddr2sdram at 400mhz
>> 250gb serial ata hard drive
>>
>> I assumed when I ordered it that anything with the media center would
>> come
>> with the tv tuner, I was wrong and trying to get help from Dell is like
>> trying to win the lottery. Can anyone recommend a tuner that would be
>> compatable with what I have and user friendly? And also I've gathered
>> from my
>> research that you need a media center extendor to get it to actually work
>> on
>> your computer, any recommendations there as well would be helpful! Thank
>> you
>> in advance for ANY information you can provide.
>>
>> Julie


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